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Yes, it is non-free. I’m not sure what the question is here: it’s well established that CC BY-NC-SA is non-free. The public domain portion is just the TweetNaCl

Yes, it is non-free. I’m not sure what the question is here: it’s well established that CC BY-NC-SA is non-free. The public domain portion is just the TweetNaCl piece it subsumes. The purpose of talking about it is to warn off someone who might otherwise integrate it into their product. I don’t see this as complaining!

lisper 9y ago
It's free for non-commercial purposes. But yes, it's true that if you want to use it in a commercial product you'll have to work out some other arrangement.
- hlieberman 9y ago
  Hence, non-free. Perhaps we are having a language confusion; here, I mean free as in freedom, not as in beer.
  - lisper 9y ago
    Fair enough. I have added the GPLv3 as an option.
- foo101 9y ago
  Software that is free only for non-commercial purposes is considered to be non-free software.
  - lisper 9y ago
    Fair enough. I have added the GPLv3 as an option.
- susam 9y ago
  CC BY-NC-SA does not permit the use of the software for commercial purposes. Thus it is not free for commercial purposes. This violates a few generally accepted principles of software freedom: * Freedom 0 of the Free Software Definition: The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). * Point 6 of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG): No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research. * Point 6 of the Open Source Definition (OSD): No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research. FSD: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html DFSG: https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines OSD: https://opensource.org/docs/osd https://opensource.org/docs/osd
  - lisper 9y ago
    Fair enough. I have added the GPLv3 as an option.

lisper 9y ago

It's free for non-commercial purposes. But yes, it's true that if you want to use it in a commercial product you'll have to work out some other arrangement.

hlieberman 9y ago
Hence, non-free. Perhaps we are having a language confusion; here, I mean free as in freedom, not as in beer.
- lisper 9y ago
  Fair enough. I have added the GPLv3 as an option.
foo101 9y ago
Software that is free only for non-commercial purposes is considered to be non-free software.
- lisper 9y ago
  Fair enough. I have added the GPLv3 as an option.
susam 9y ago
CC BY-NC-SA does not permit the use of the software for commercial purposes. Thus it is not free for commercial purposes. This violates a few generally accepted principles of software freedom: * Freedom 0 of the Free Software Definition: The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). * Point 6 of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG): No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research. * Point 6 of the Open Source Definition (OSD): No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research. FSD: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html DFSG: https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines OSD: https://opensource.org/docs/osd https://opensource.org/docs/osd
- lisper 9y ago
  Fair enough. I have added the GPLv3 as an option.